Re: Fucking education! How does it work?
They tried to convince us to go for an attendance award at work. We discussed it at a union meeting and one of our members gave a great speech that I will never forget about how healthy people have no understanding of what it is to be ill. She was really hurt that we would even act like some trophy could overcome decades of illness, or that we would imply she chose to be sick. Fortunately, it nipped that stupid idea in the bud.
It's even more corrosive to push that idea on little kids. It's only going to kill any empathy the healthy kids might have developed for sick ones in a better system.
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